Scott Kernan The F-Word: A Rhetorical Analysis In the book excerpt by Firoozeh Dumas‚ “The F-Word”‚ Dumas uses several techniques to hook her readers and keep their interest in her piece. It was her style‚ however‚ that did most of the work. Dumas’ article has a very strong single argument that she works toward throughout her entire piece. She claims that the English language could do with a bit more “spice”‚ as she calls it (Dumas). Though this argument is only listed only twice in the
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Rising from rags to riches gaining a lot of power and making immense amounts of money was the successful story and life of Andrew Carnegie. Born on November 25th‚ 1835 in Dunfermline‚ Scotland ‚ Andrew Carnegie was born into poor family of a mother who was a shoe maker and tanner and a father who was a handloom weaver . Immigrating to the United States in the May of 1848 ‚ Andrew Carnegie started a whole new life there. “The Carnegies’ passage was relatively uneventful and mercifully short—there seems
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Andrew Johnson was born on December 29‚ 1808 in Raleigh‚ North Carolina to his father‚ Jacob Johnson‚ and mother‚ Mary McDonough. His parents were of Irish and English ancestry. He had a brother and an older sister Elizabeth‚ who unfortunately died in childhood. The Johnsons grew up in poverty and was sent to a tailor shop as a boy but ran away. He later opened up his own tailor shop in Greeneville‚ Tennessee‚ married his sweetheart‚ Eliza McCardle‚ and participated in debates at the Greenville
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Tarmageddon: Dirty oil is turning Canada into a corrupt petro-state In Andrew Nikiforuk’s environmental article‚ “Tarmageddon: Dirty oil is turning Canada into a corrupt petro-state‚” Nikiforuk accurately supports his thesis of negative impacts on the environmental‚ economical‚ and political problems Canada could face due to the Alberta tar sands. Nikiforuk is a credited journalist who has won seven National Magazine awards and awards from the Association of Canadian Journalist. He writes passionately
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The word “GIRL” Have you ever tried to say the word girl in a different pronunciation? Did people understand when you said it? When I took my first step into the United States‚ my biggest worry was pronunciation. In my entire life‚ this was the first time I took a journey to a different country. Everything was so new to me; white and black faces‚ tall and muscular people. Most of all‚ their eyes attracted my attention. I came to the United States seven years ago. Back then‚ I didn’t fully understand
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could only describe myself with a single word it would have to be a wonderer. I have always lived my life as a free spirit. I do have never been one to stay in a single place for very long. If I stay in one thing for too long I tend to get antsy and long to move on to the next chapter of my life. As a child I was always in the world‚ whether in the city or in nature. I constantly explored what was going on in the world through the news‚ internet‚ from the words of others or just by watching how things
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SIGNALLING WORDS Examples 1. Time/order At first At first the freemen of both town and country had an organization and a type of property which still retained something of the communal as well as something of the private‚ but in the town a radical transformation was taking place. Eventually Eventually the group did manage to buy some land in a village not far from London‚ but the project had to be abandoned when the villagers zoned their land against agricultural use. Finally Finally‚ there have
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Guided Essay Form: Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? Introduction [Start your essay with an attention-getting sentence. This is known as a “grabber.” Write your sentence here:] Andrew Carnegie‚ at first look we believe him to be a hero and a good businessman. I believe this is what he is. At a second look we do see some of his faults but‚ he is only human. [Introductions introduce the reader to the topic. Your topic is Carnegie. Sum him up in a sentence or two here:] Andrew Carnegie is known as one
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Andrew Jackson Indictment 1 Jackson assumed powers not conferred to the chief executive by the Constitution. He vetoed the extensions of the 2nd national bank of the United States calling the bank "subversive of the rights of the states." This was basically saying that the bank wanted to overthrow or cause destruction against the rights of the state’s established government. Jackson’s opposition to the Bank was resolute. Having been granted special privileges‚ the Bank possessed a very powerful
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Title: The Blind Highland Boy Author: William Wordsworth [More Titles by Wordsworth] (A Tale told by the Fire-side.) Now we are tired of boisterous joy‚ We’ve romp’d enough‚ my little Boy! Jane hangs her head upon my breast‚ And you shall bring your Stool and rest‚ This corner is your own. There! take your seat‚ and let me see That you can listen quietly; And as I promised I will tell That strange adventure which befel A poor blind Highland Boy. A _Highland_ Boy!--why call
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